3.0.0 5267 2023-01-13T04:48:32Z 2023-01-13T04:48:32Z House H HR 2006-05-02 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-09T15:22:44Z Referred to 2006-05-02T16:32:15Z 2006-05-09 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Committee 2006-05-02 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2006-05-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E687-688) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-05-02 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2006-05-02 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2006-05-02 True W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 2006-05-02 True Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Biotechnology Chemicals Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Drugs Environmental Protection Enzymes Feedstock Fines (Penalties) Food safety Genetics Government Operations and Politics Health Identification devices Judicial review Law Medicinal plants Science, Technology, Communications Seeds Transgenic plants Agriculture and Food 00 2006-05-02 Introduced in House 2006-08-28T18:53:37Z Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005 [sic] - Prohibits: (1) a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop to be grown, raised, or otherwise cultivated until the final regulations and tracking system required by this Act are in effect; and (2) cultivation of a pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop in an open air environment, or in a food commonly used for human food or domestic animal feed.

Directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of all pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent contamination.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties for violations of such provisions.

Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report on alternative methods to produce pharmaceuticals or industrial chemicals that may be conducted in controlled production facilities without the risk of contamination.

Defines: (1) "genetically engineered plant"; (2) "genetically engineered material"; (3) "genetically engineered seed"; (4) "pharmaceutical crop"; and (5) "industrial crop."

]]> Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005 Display Title Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crop Safety Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2006-05-02T04:00:00Z 2006-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.